Tang's dining table

In May, Yun Chu used his own name to issue an initiative to the merchants in Chang'an City to rebuild Yongle Square in Wannian County. At the same time, Chang'an County Magistrate Wen Wen also proposed to the merchants in Chang'an City in his own name. Businessmen launched an initiative to renovate Chongde Fang in Chang'an County.

Yun Chu was still the same, using the business of Jinchangfang as a guarantee, he planned to knock down all the dilapidated houses in Yonglefang except Kaiyuan Temple and rebuild them like Guangfufang next door without spending a penny.

Wen Wen's plan is not radical. The scope of the renovation is limited to a small market in Chongde Fang. He has nothing to mortgage and can only use his own name as collateral, hoping to find some visionary and courageous merchants to actively to participate.

Although Yun Chu's collateral seemed more reliable, everyone thought that Wen Wen's collateral was more honest.

What Yun Chu had never understood was that the people of the Tang Dynasty were obviously very poor, but they still had the habit of treating money like dirt.

But things like illusory reputation are far more important than a little money.

If Yunchu messed up, he would lose a little money at most. If Wenwen messed up, he would never be able to hold his head high and live a good life.

When Pei Xingjian was the magistrate of Chang'an County, he used the Chang'an County Government as a guarantee, not Pei Xingjian's reputation.

Wannian County has developed several cities. Next door to Yongle Fang is Anyefang, the last city to be developed. Today's Anyefang has gradually become more popular because of the presence of a large canteen and a large inn, and because it is right next to Zhuque Street. It has become a commercial place second only to the East and West cities and Jinchangfang.

It's a pity that the aborigines of Anyefang moved to a remote city after selling their expensive houses. As a result, in addition to enjoying a wave of relocation dividends, the current business dividends have nothing to do with them. nothing.

The aborigines of Yonglefang have long been looking forward to the renovation of the city, and they are already ready to sell their new houses and use the money to go to remote cities to continue living.

With the best wishes, they look forward to the reconstruction of Wannian County being able to befall them once again.

Even Yunchu himself couldn't guarantee this kind of thing, but he didn't know where their confidence came from.

They left the prosperous business district and took the initiative to return to a city that was poorer, poorer and in a worse area. They did make a lot of money. However, when this big money was used by them to improve their lives, marry a wife and have children, Yun Chu I believe it won’t be long before they become poor again.

After all, when there is still a curfew in Chang'an City, even selling candied haws on a straw stick is a very good income in the overcrowded commercial market.

Yun Chu did not expect this change, but after all, it was a kind of behavior of changing the cage for a bird. The wealthy people gathered in the commercial market, which was good for the development of this market.

Since the basic result of the development of the market in Yunchu is that everyone makes a lot of money, therefore, this time, after hearing the news about the development of the market, the people, merchants, and even some relatively wealthy families in Yongle Square, Immediately, they lined up to go to the county government office to check the land deeds and prepare for the relocation.

This is the advantage of renovating poor cities. There are not many rich people in these cities, or they are not wealthy enough to fight against the Wannian County Government. This can make the relocation go very smoothly.

If one day, Yunchu's mind suddenly goes wrong and he goes to renovate those towns where wealthy and noble families live... he will definitely lose money and not even be able to put on his trousers.

Many times people think that rich people make the most money, but they don’t know that in this world, it is always the poor who make money.

Yun Chu would not renovate those cities and towns close to the imperial city. He had never even thought about it. The current renovation of those poor cities and towns was one of the few good things that Yun Chu could do to help the poor.

After all, after renovation, it can give those who have been poor for many years a chance to become rich.

Given the opportunity, whether you can turn around or not is a matter of opinion.

Every time Wannian County prepares to transform its city, it is a carnival for Chang'an's big merchants.

It is also a feast for the forces behind the businesses. Yunchu believes that when the fat pigs start eating the best feed, they have no care for others and only want to eat it in the most ferocious, fastest and greediest way. Drop as much food as possible.

Because it was already a very mature industry, Yun Chu didn't even have to take action personally. He let Liu Yi, the housekeeper, lead a group of accountants to contact various merchants and the matter was quickly settled.

The same is true for Wen Wen. The reason why he went so smoothly was entirely because Wen Wen merged the construction projects of Chongde Fang and Yongle Fang.

If those big businessmen want to get the Yonglefang project, they must also do the Chongdefang project. Otherwise, they will not do either project.

On this matter, Wannian County Government and Chang'an County Government had a very unified attitude, leaving no room for the merchants to pick and choose.

So those big businessmen either joined forces vertically or horizontally, and used all their efforts to compete for more profit points.

The massive renovation project had begun, and not many people cared about Yun Chu and Wen Wen's formation of various business alliances.

The first people to notice the changes in Chang'an City's business model were the group of middlemen who had been sucking blood from merchants all year round.

In the past, if small businessmen wanted to complete a business, they could not do without the help of middlemen. Now, this model seems to have changed. Those small businessmen who need to ask them to find buyers for their goods are now very few. Climb into the middle man's door.

However, their production and sales seem to have not changed much, especially those small businessmen who need to contact Hu merchants. Their goods are being transported to the Western Regions by the Hu merchants one camel after another.

It has not passed through the hands of people like them.

The people in the industry were extremely well-informed, and within two days they discovered the reason why their profession was no longer popular.

Because the Hu people living in Dikeng City in Qujiangli would write out their needs on a huge whiteboard in Qujiangli and mark the prices.

If there are many merchants willing to supply at this price, the Hu people will take the initiative to lower the purchase price to see if anyone continues to follow up. If there are always people, then they can keep lowering the price until they buy at a price they are satisfied with. Low quality goods are also acceptable so far.

On the contrary, if no merchant is willing to supply goods at the price written by Hu Shang, Hu Shang can only increase the purchase price until the price he gives can purchase the goods he needs.

Whether you are selling or buying goods, you must write down your price and quantity clearly, because the tax collectors stationed in Qujiang in Wannian County have to collect taxes based on the transaction volume and price.

When the middlemen and brokers wearing shoes of two colors saw the huge white board, their faces turned pale.

There are three such whiteboards in Qujiang. One is dedicated to serving Hu merchants, and the other is dedicated to serving Datang merchants.

The last piece was densely written with the price, quantity, and quality of yesterday's goods transaction, as a reference for Hu merchants and merchants from other places in the Tang Dynasty to bid.

Yunchu called this new transaction method "honest transaction". It was aimed at the group of middlemen and brokers who did nothing but good things. In the name of honesty, they attracted more Hu merchants. Domestic merchants came to Chang'an to conduct transactions, especially large-scale transactions.

This kind of trading can easily form a huge siphon effect in Guanzhong, and radiate to Luoyang, Taiyuan, these bulk cargo distribution centers, and finally form a monopoly.

Before Li Zhi said those words in Taiyuan Hospital, Yunchu would never dare to implement this so-called "honest transaction" rule.

Now, there are no taboos. If anyone is dissatisfied with this trading rule, please explain to the emperor why this behavior is inappropriate and provide a better solution.

Li Zhi likes the "honest transaction" rule proposed by Yun Chu.

Strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches has always been a national policy pursued by the Li royal family for a long time. Otherwise, Chang'an City would not be able to station more than 30% of the Tang Dynasty's troops.

Not to mention how much tax loss can be reduced by trading nearby Chang'an City.

Others don't know the reason for the decline of Chang'an City, but Yunchu knows it. Guanzhong, which only relies on land routes, can't trade with the west, the Middle East and Europe, and can't improve the efficiency of transportation with the east. It can't maintain its own prosperity. So, It is not surprising that he further became an outcast after his decline.

Now, Yunchu plans to take advantage of the convenience provided to merchants that cannot be provided elsewhere to further push Chang'an's economic strength to a point where it cannot be replaced by other places, so that prosperous Chang'an can continue to prosper. Go down.

In the evening, Yunchu left Wannian County Government Office, and the still hot sunset shone on the top of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, making this magnificent tower like a huge burning candle.

Even when the city gate is about to close, Zhuque Street is still full of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts filled with various supplies, as well as hurried craftsmen and merchants.

They all looked very busy and extremely fulfilled.

Seeing the city becoming busy again because of him, Yunchu felt proud.

After those nobles who were afraid of the emperor and didn't understand the consequences of Yun Chu's actions, the officials actually saw the real consequences.

If they wanted to object at that time, it was already too late.

After all, once the general trend has been formed and the first mover has taken over, anyone who opposes or acts against is nothing more than a poor fish and turtle in the overflowing river.

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